Sir John A. Macdonald Building

The Sir John A. Macdonald Building is a building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Now owned by the federal government of Canada, the building was formerly a bank.

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Type: Bank
Description: bank building in Ottawa now owned by the federal government of Canada
Also known as: “Bank of Montreal” and “édifice de la Banque de Montréal”
Address: 144 Wellington Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Building and Parliament Hill.

Victoria Building

Government office

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The Victoria Building is an Art Deco office building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 140 Wellington Street, just across from the Parliament of Canada.

Parliament Hill is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose architectural elements were chosen to evoke the history of parliamentary democracy.

Bank of Canada Museum

Museum

Photo: Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada, CC BY 2.0.

The Bank of Canada Museum, formerly known as the Currency Museum. The Bank of Canada Museum is a cultural attraction located in downtown Ottawa, Canada's capital city. Bank of Canada Museum is situated 190 metres southwest of Sir John A. Macdonald Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ottawa and Centretown.

Ottawa

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Ottawa is Canada's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Visitors often come to Ottawa to see Parliament Hill and Canada's national museums, but the city also has much shopping, many restaurants, and lively nightlife.

Centretown

Suburb

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Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east.

ByWard Market

Neighborhood

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The ByWard Market is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park.

Sir John A. Macdonald Building

Categories: bank building, government building, and building
Location: Ward 14, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.42223° or 45° 25′ 20″ north

Longitude

-75.69983° or 75° 41′ 59″ west

Open location code

87Q6C8C2+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55448967

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bank

Wikidata ID

Q4549747

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In Other Languages

From French to Hausa—“Sir John A. Macdonald Building” goes by many names.

French: “Édifice Sir John A. Macdonald”
French: “édifice Sir-John-A.-Macdonald”
French: “Édifice Sir-John-A.-Macdonald”
Hausa: “Ginin Sir John A. Macdonald”

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Highlights include National Press Building and Senate of Canada (Victoria Building).

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